AUGUSTA — ACEC of Maine recently announced their 2016 Engineering Excellence Awards as a prelude to the national ACEC competition for the most innova- tive engineering projects in the country.

At this year’s awards event hosted at the University of Southern Maine, six firms received recognition.

Kleinschmidt Associates received this year’s top honor — the Grand Conceptor Award. They were honored for their work on the Menominee Fish Lift System for the lake sturgeon passage project.

ACEC of Maine presented two special recognition awards for engineering excellence.

T.Y. Lin, International was recognized for their work on the Brookfield Floating Bridge in Brookfield, Vt.

The second recognition award went to Becker Structural Engineers, Inc. for their work on the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta.

Three honor awards for engineering excellence were also presented.

The first was to Haley & Aldrich, Inc. for their work on an addition to the Casco Bay Island Transit district ferry terminal building.

The second honor award went to CES, Inc. for the Presque Isle Solid Waste Landfill Closure.

The final honor award went to Baker Design Consultants for their work on the River Point Bridge Design- Build Project in Falmouth.